Monthly Archives: July 2007

Blogs Of The City

Armistead Maupin has launched a blog. Interestingly, he mentions wanting to meet Mike Jones, saying, “Hustlers, for my money, do far more good than pastors.” Testify! I sent Mike an email to nudge him to drop by and say hello to Mr. Maupin. You should do the same. I was rereading a bit of Michael Tolliver Lives last night, and …

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See My Vest

“I wouldn’t be surprised if she made that African boy into a coat and wore him … for 15 minutes, and then threw it away.” – Morrisey, speaking about Madonna at his concert yesterday in Norfolk, Virginia. (via – Huffington Post.) Should this have been a HomoQuotable?

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Holsinger Renounces Anti-Gay Views

At his Senate confirmation hearing today, Surgeon General nominee Dr. James Holsinger renounced his previous anti-gay views, saying of his infamous “Pathophysiology of Homosexuals” paper, “The paper does not represent where I am today. It does not represent who I am today,” and that he would never advocate a position contrary to his conscience and that he would resign rather …

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SiriusFM 3:30PM

Today at 3:30pm EST, I’ll be appearing on Michelangelo Signorile’s show on Sirius OutQ to chat about the Bob Allen story. Listen here live..

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Time’s 5 Worst Websites

Time Magazine has listed their Top 5 Worst Websites of 2007, so chosen because of cluttered homepages, clunky interfaces, slow loading time, and intrusive advertising. Time’s shitlist: 1. eHarmony2. Evite3. Meez4. MySpace5. Second Life Their Top 50 Best Sites list includes LastFM (love it!), StumbleUpon (meh), Twitter (yawn), YouTube (indispensable) and about 46 other sites I’ve never heard of.

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Open Thread Thursday

When I was 13, I bought my first 45 rpm single, Paul Simon’s Kodachrome. I can remember excitedly threading the hole in the record over the handlebar of my bike and racing home to dance around my bedroom while Paul Simon’s reedy voice scratched out of my aunt’s old portable player. Of course, back then “portable” record players were about …

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Morning View – Pedicab Doldrums

It’s too hot for the tourists to take pedicabs, as this row of bored drivers near the entrance of Central Park at Columbus Circle attests.

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HomoQuotable – Bob Allen

“I’m not in anyway associated with that they are saying, this is disgusting.” – Florida state representative Bob Allen (R-Merritt Island), shortly after he was arrested for soliciting a male undercover cop for sex in a Titusville park restroom. The busted pol allegedly offered $20 if the cop would let Allen blow him. Because we both went to UCF and …

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DC Rumor Mill: Cheney On Johns List

It appears to be based on DC coffee-house gossip, but the #1 story on Digg right now is a rumor that Dick Cheney is also on the DC Madam’s list of clients. As rumors go, it’s a sweet one. However, I imagine that with PDFs of the phone numbers on the list now widely available, Cheney would have been the …

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LGBT Rights Advance In Cuba

Primarily fueled by the activism of Fidel Castro’s niece, Mariela Castro, LGBT rights are advancing in Cuba. The Communist Party is about to introduce a law which would legalize same-sex unions, allow gays to adopt, and grant lesbians access to state-run reproductive services. Trans people are being granted name-change rights, hormone treatments and surgery. Cuba has been under the rule …

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Breaking News:
Hate Crimes Bill Vote May Come Today

Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) have attached the Senate hate crimes bill, the Matthew Shepard Act, to a Department of Defense reauthorization bill which may come to a vote as early as today. Call your Senators NOW and urge their support of S.1105. The right wing has been burying Senators with calls opposing the bill. Call them …

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Naugle Loses Bid To Stop Gay Library Move

Over the protests of Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, the city commission voted to allow the Stonewall gay and lesbian book collection to be housed on city property. The archive is currently stored in a commerical property that is being redeveloped. Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve the Stonewall Library and Archives request to move the extensive book, magazine and video …

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HomoQuotable- Molly McKay

“We are optimistic and hope this will shed some light on this issue and not have a potential cheap laugh and negative impact on couples fighting for their lives right now. It does have radical impact on same-sex couples and their families.” – Marriage Equality director Molly McKay, speaking about I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, a film opening …

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Morning View – Lower Manhattan

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A Hotter Potter

Tonight my buddy Captain Steve plus-one’d me for a screening of Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix at the Time-Warner screening room above Columbus Circle. The movie was much less gory than the last installment in the series, but it was also darker, more brooding, with much less humor than has been evident in the last four films. Harry …

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The Greatest Entrance In Drag History

Tandi Iman Dupree, contestant in the Miss Black American pageant, makes the greatest entrance in drag history. Give the clip about 30 seconds for her to appear. Eternal thanks to Johnny Is A Man for the heads-up. Tandi is totally made of the awesome.

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PhoboQuotable – David Vitter

“This is a real outrage. The Hollywood left is redefining the most basic institution in human history, and our two U.S. senators won’t do anything about it. We need a U.S. senator who will stand up for Louisiana values, not Massachusetts values.” – From the campaign site of Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), who today was revealed to have been a …

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Logo To Host Presidential Debate

LOGO and the Human Rights Campaign will be hosting a debate for presidential candidates on August 9th at 6pm. So far, only Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have confirmed their appearance on the one-hour commercial-free show, which will film live on LOGO before a studio audience with live streaming on LOGOonline.com. Out rocker Melissa Etheridge and HRC head Joe Solomonese …

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NY Times: Reject Holsinger

In an editorial called “A Nominee’s Abnormal Views“, today the NY Times Op-Ed page calls for Congress to reject Dr. James Holsinger as Surgeon General, saying, “The Senate should not confirm a surgeon general who considers practicing homosexuals abnormal and diseased.” An excerpt: His [Holsinger’s] strongest statement on homosexuality can be found in a murky, loosely reasoned paper that he …

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Miami TV Host Fired For Accidental Slur

Luisa Fernanda, a television personality on Miami’s popular Spanish-language Cotorreando show, has been fired by the station’s parent company, Telemundo, for inadvertently using a disparaging slang word for gay men. Fernanda, who is Mexican, did not know that in Cuban Spanish the word for grouper, “cherna”, is considered a pejorative term for a gay man. Telemundo fired Fernanda on June …

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